Barrel-cover



(No Model.)

W. R. PALMER.

Barrel Cover. v No. 243,295. Patented June 21,188I.

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I 6 &\\}\\12 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER R. PALMER, OF BOND HILL, OHIO, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO HENRY \V.BURLEIGH, OF GREENOASTLE, INDIANA.

BARREL-COVER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Iletters Patent No. 243,295, dated June 21,1881.

Application filed December 13, 1680. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER R. PALMER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bond Hill, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio,havein-vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Transferable Barrel-Covers, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in transferable covers for barrels,casks, and other similar vessels, most especially that class of coverswhich are constructed in two parts or sections hinged together, one partthereof being temporarily secured to the chine of the barrel, and theother at liberty to oscillate on the hinges connecting the two parts.

The objects of my invention are to produce a barrel-cover which issymmetrical, light, strong, durable, and economical in construction andcost, and which is provided with simple, durable, and economical meansof adjustment, the whole of which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bottom ofthe cover, showing it applied to a barrel which is in cross-section.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line a: at, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is adetail elevation of the fastening devices.

Arepresents the upper. part or rim of a barrel or cask upon which thecover B O is to be used. 7

B represents the oscillating or free section, and G the fixed section,of abarrel-cover, which is constructed of two or more layers orthicknesses of wood, 11 b, in the part B, and 0 c in the part 0, thegrain of the layers be running at right angles to thatot' the layers I)0', glued or cemented together similar to the manner of constructingwooden cross-veneered chairseats.

D D represent clamping brackets or nuts, which are screw-threaded at oneof their ends respectively, as shown at d e in Fig. 3, by which they aresecured at suitable distance apart to the bottom of part 0 of the cover,on a line with the periphery thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The brackets DD are provided with thumb-screws d, which turn into the croze of thebarrel, or thereabout, for securing a firm hold, and operate inconnection with bracing and gripin g bracket E, which is secured at ornear the periphery of the part 0 of the cover in the same, so as to passon the outsideof the rim of the barrel. The bracket E has also ascrew-threaded end, 6, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, for securing it to thecover, the opposite lower end being provided with a projecting spur orclaw, e, on the inside thereof, so that it \villcatch on the edge of thehoop of the barrel or sink into the stave, as shown in thedraw- 6o ings.These brackets D D E are each made of but a single piece of metal,'andbeing provided with screw-threaded ends,as above described, the use ofseparate screws or other independentfasteniug means is entirelydispensed with, 6 5 and renders them readily applied without theassistance of tools or skilled workmen necessary in the employment ofother fastening devices hitherto in use, being much neater in appearancewhen finished and applied.

Instead of arranging two brackets having fastening thumb-screws on theinside of the barrel, two bracing or griping brackets might be usedeither on the outside or inside of the rim of the barrel,and but oneclamping-bracket having a fastening screw used in connection therewith.

Heretofore various modes of adjustably attaching covers to barrels havebeen employed, which at sight are somewhat similar to my presentimprovements, but in construction, arrangement, and operation arematerially different, the tbrmerconsisting,in mostinstances, of clampshavingopenjaws,between which the rim of the barrel is secured bythumb-screws and spurs, but which are secured to the cover byindependent fastening means, the face of the same being firstcountersunk for the accommodation of the supporting part of the clamp toadmit of the proper close fitting of the cover to the barrel-top. Inseveral instances, also, sliding clamps are used in connection withrigidly-secured spurred brace-brackets, to permit the use of the coveron different sizes of barrels or casks. Now, in constructing these 9 5devices in so many parts and applying them, as hereinbefore described,many objections are evident, such as skilled labor must necessarily beemployed to apply them, and they would be easily impaired when sointricate and rendered 10o unfit for use.

In my cover I can construct a number of screw-holes at different pointsin the bottom of the fixed part for the attachment of the brackets, soas to adapt them to fit various sizes of barrels within range of theperiphery of the cover. No countersinkingof the wood is necessary;neitheranyfastening means other than the screw-threaded ends of thebrackets for attachment to the cover.

My cover being constructed of several layers or thicknesses of wood,arranged and connected as above described, a thin, neat, strong coverwill be produced, which is impossible to break or warp, while in theinstance of others a thick, heavy, unsightly block of material is used,which will break and warp, and hence become useless.

I prefer to construct and arrange my cover, as shown and describedherein, with the clampbrackets D D, having thumb-screws d on the insideof the barrel and the bracing and griping-bracket E c on the outsidethereof. When so arranged nothing can come in contact with thethumb-screws to break or bend them, as has heretofore been the case whenlocated on the outside of the barrel.

WVhat I claim is r The combination of the brackets D D, having the screwends (1 and thumb-screws d,and the bracket E, having screw end a andspur 0, all constructed, arranged, and operating in connection with ahinged cover to attach it adjustably to the top of the barrel or othersimilar vessel, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' WALTER R. PALMER.

Witnesses:

JNo. E. JoNEs, J. H. CHARLES SMITH.

